In Vermont, neighbors say city-owned flood buyout lot became a farm without their input

In Vermont, neighbors say city-owned flood buyout lot became a farm without their input

A land use dispute in Barre, Vermont, has grown into a city-wide debate about who should have a say in public land use after a tea-growing project was allowed to plant on a flood buyout parcel. An attempt to improve a vacant city-owned lot is being used to ask bigger questions about public input, climate recovery, and what post-disaster land should become. What's happening? According to a story republished by Valley News, Tilia Tea Company owner…